diff --git a/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/features/home/room/detail/timeline/factory/MessageItemFactory.kt b/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/features/home/room/detail/timeline/factory/MessageItemFactory.kt
index 98deaaf9c3..a97bd2f486 100644
--- a/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/features/home/room/detail/timeline/factory/MessageItemFactory.kt
+++ b/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/features/home/room/detail/timeline/factory/MessageItemFactory.kt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package im.vector.app.features.home.room.detail.timeline.factory
 
+import android.text.Spannable
 import android.text.SpannableStringBuilder
 import android.text.Spanned
 import android.text.TextPaint
@@ -515,7 +516,7 @@ class MessageItemFactory @Inject constructor(
 
     private fun annotateWithEdited(linkifiedBody: CharSequence,
                                    callback: TimelineEventController.Callback?,
-                                   informationData: MessageInformationData): SpannableStringBuilder {
+                                   informationData: MessageInformationData): Spannable {
         val spannable = SpannableStringBuilder()
         spannable.append(linkifiedBody)
         val editedSuffix = stringProvider.getString(R.string.edited_suffix)
diff --git a/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/features/home/room/detail/timeline/tools/EventRenderingTools.kt b/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/features/home/room/detail/timeline/tools/EventRenderingTools.kt
index 4abaa4fae4..1e8a81ff61 100644
--- a/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/features/home/room/detail/timeline/tools/EventRenderingTools.kt
+++ b/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/features/home/room/detail/timeline/tools/EventRenderingTools.kt
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 package im.vector.app.features.home.room.detail.timeline.tools
 
-import android.text.SpannableStringBuilder
 import android.text.style.ClickableSpan
 import android.view.MotionEvent
 import android.widget.TextView
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ fun CharSequence.findPillsAndProcess(scope: CoroutineScope, processBlock: (PillI
 
 fun CharSequence.linkify(callback: TimelineEventController.UrlClickCallback?): CharSequence {
     val text = this.toString()
-    val spannable = SpannableStringBuilder(this)
+    val spannable = toSpannable()
     MatrixLinkify.addLinks(spannable, object : MatrixPermalinkSpan.Callback {
         override fun onUrlClicked(url: String) {
             callback?.onUrlClicked(url, text)